Best Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

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Pretty much everything Samuel L. Jackson says sounds cool because he screams with such authority, and makes the F word sound poetic. Here are 10 of our favorite Samuel L. Jackson quotes in honor of Snakes on a Plane and it’s famous line about the motherf*ckin’ snakes. Most of them are from Pulp Fiction because that was just awesome. I couldn’t remember anything worthwhile from Shaft, Die Hard with a Vengeance or Deep Blue Sea, movies you’d think he’d scream some good lines in.

10. “I am not a zoologist, man.” From Snakes on a Plane - To Samuel L. Jackson, complaining like Dr. McCoy is badass.

9. “Bitch, be cool!” from Pulp Fiction - We’d all like to be able to tell our wives or girlfriends that, let alone complete strangers, but only Samuel L. Jackson can actually pull it off.

8. “Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your concentration?” from Pulp Fiction - The perfect thing to say when you do something offensive in the middle of a conversation. To Samuel L. Jackson, it’s shooting somebody, but it works just as well after you farted.

7. “I don’t remember asking you a goddamn thing!” from Pulp Fiction - Somebody said this to me in the middle of a high school class actually. If delivered with the right inflection, it’s the perfect way to cut someone off from interrupting.

6. “Ain’t no f*ckin’ ballpark!” from Pulp Fiction - I actually worked this into a conversation once. I don’t remember why the person said ballpark, but I went right into Samuel L. Jackson mode.

5. “If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.” From Pulp Fiction - I say this to my wife sometimes. It’s true.

4. “You got to cool that shit out.” From Do the Right Thing - This is particularly good because it was before he was famous for yelling and screaming, and it still holds up.

3. “But you are aware that there’s an invention called television and on this invention they show shows.” From Pulp Fiction - Use this line any time some pretentious A-hole brags about not watching TV.

2. “Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!” from A Time to Kill - Part of this is because he pronounces the last word like HAIL. Credit also goes to Dave Chappelle for slipping it into every Samuel L. Jackson skit he does.

1. “I have had it with these motherf*ckin’ snakes on this motherf*ckin’ plane!” from Snakes on a Plane – The line so cool they had to reshoot scenes and go for an R-rating to slip it in.